The rush of fumbling for the calf jack in the middle of the night, the frustration of pasture roping on foot, the blind luck of being able to tie off a distressed cow in labor to the only oak tree on the hill, the agony of pulling a dead calf and...

The whole process appears similar to Rush Week at any SEC school in the August heat. The summer of parental oversight and daily support has come to an end. Fall semester classes and socials are about to begin, and a new adventure awaits the...

They must have known it was Independence Day weekend and that my sister only takes one vacation a year if that. Less than 24 hours after she had left for a weekend trip to the beach, she got the call which she promptly forwarded to me...

Who would want to miss the opportunity to work outside when temperatures are in the triple digits? Ranching really weeds out the wimps and leaves the rest with skills like knowing which hilltop has the best breeze, which shade tree has the fewest...

Do it the legal way and you run the risk of losing a crop. Do it the less-legal way and you might get the crop but run the risk of losing much more. This is the fuzzy quandary too many farmers in the Southeast face and one that can only live and...